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• Anthonie van IJperen, Vlaardingen († 1871)
• Aaltje van Steenis, Waardenburg, NL-GE († 1937)
• Adriana van de Mugheuvel, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Adrianus van Miltenburg, Veldhuizen († 1871)
• Alice Culberth Shinholster, Alabama († 1945)
• Adrianus van Miltenburg, Veldhuizen († 1871)
• Anthonie van IJperen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Annigje VERBREE, Alphen († 1874)
• Pietje Prosje, Minnertsga
• Anna Elisabeth van Duinen, Rotterdam († 1916)

• Arent Klaasen de Ruijter (21), Vollenhove
• Arend RUITER (DE RUIJTER) (21)
• Aalbert van Beek (19), Nijkerk
• Aagje Schenk (73), Rotterdam
• Annegien Willems Groeneboom (81), Delfzijl
• Antoinetta Adriana van Antwerpen (3), Tilburg
• Antonius van Erp (5), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baptiste Adriaan Maria Sauvlet (0), Zutphen
• Anna Bax (38), delft
• Anna Maria Verbogt (64), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
15. Jacoba
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

The temperature on February 22, 1871 was about 7.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.